D115 study guide questions with answers

D115 study guide questions with answers
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How is transcription best defined - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔RNA is synthesized from a DNA template
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An amniocentesis indicates a neural tube defect when an
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increase in which protein is evident? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔alpha-fetoprotein
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Amniocentesis is recommended for Pregnant with what |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


history - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Family history of genetic
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disorders


What is a technique for chromosomal Abnormalities at 10
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to 12 weeks gestation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Chronic
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villus sampling |\




What is the For an error in which homologous Fail to
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separate during mitosis or meiosis - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Nondisjunction


What is the most common cause of down syndrome -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Maternal nondisjunction |\ |\ |\




What syndrome characterized by absent homologous X
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chromosome With only a single X-chromosome Exhibit |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\

,features include Short stature Widely spaced nipples And
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webbed neck - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Turner syndrome
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A person with 47, XXY karyotype has the genetic disorder
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resulting in which syndrome? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Klinefelter


When a child inherits a disease that is autosomal
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recessive, it is inherited from: - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


✔✔both parents |\




Cystic fibrosis is caused by what type of gene - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔autosomal recessive |\ |\




The BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations increase the risk of
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what type of cancer in women - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Uterine


Prater Willi syndrome Causes a chromosomal defect that
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is what - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Inherited from the father
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What type of immunity is produced by an individual After
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either natural exposure To the antigen Or after
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immunization against the antigen - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


✔✔Acquired-active immunity |\

, What type of immunity is produced when an immuno
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globulin crosses the placenta - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Passive acquired immunity |\ |\




Where are antibodies produced? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔plasma cells |\




What antibodies initiates A typical primary immune
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response - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔IgM |\ |\ |\ |\




The common hayfever allergy is Expressed Through a
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reaction That is mediated by what class of
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immunoglobulins - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔IgE |\ |\ |\ |\




What are blood transfusion reactions an example of -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Alloimmunity |\ |\




Which statement is true regarding immunodeficiencies -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Immunodeficiencies is generally
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not present in other family members
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A healthcare professional advise patient to exercise
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because it has A probable impact on reducing what
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cancer - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔colon
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Conductive hearing loss involves the - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Middle ear
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